First paper from Nea’s PhD is out! DOC and ultra-small bacteria in thawing palsa and palsa ponds. In 2026 the focus will be on those ultra-small microbes 🦠

End of the field season in our @koneensaatio.fi funded project — exciting times ahead as we start analyzing the data! @luke.fi

Soil Panel discussion claims ”Empathy for soils” #esm2025

Another day of exciting and enlightning talks and memorable encounters! #esm2025

Spending next week with this wonderful group at the @esmmicrobes.bsky.social in Helsinki!

🌱 Help shape soil research! Review our roadmap on soil structure. 🗓️ Open until May 30th 1. Sign up: profile-journal.soils4europe.eu/register.php... Tutorial on becoming a reviewer 2. Review here: journal.soils4europe.eu/view_version... #SOLORoadmapsReview

Tutkijamme laativat Metsälehdelle vastineen Lukessa tehtäviä hiilitaselaskelmia ja niiden taustalla olevaa tutkimusta koskevaan kritiikkiin. "Kritiikki perustui suurelta osin tietämättömyyteen ja väärinymmärryksiin," Juha Mikola ja Paavo Ojanen kirjoittavat. www.metsalehti.fi/artikkelit/k...

Our group’s first study on soil viruses hot off the press! In the work led by @deminatanja.bsky.social we introduce Tunturiviruses from tundra soils. @luke.fi

We are looking for a grant-funded doctoral resarcher on a project focusing on how tree and shrub expansion into the tundra impact biodiversity and carbon balance @Department of Geosciences and Geography @helsinkiuni.bsky.social! DM me if you are interested, and please share!

#Acidobacteriota is one of the most abundant bacterial phyla in #soil, yet extremely little is known about their #viruses. New insights into Acidobacteriota-associated #virome in #climate-critical #Arctic #tundra #soils in our preprint! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Happy to share our latest work on #tundra #metagenomes. We describe the genome of an Eremiobacterota population from tundra soil that suggests that N2 fixation might also be a part of the metabolic repertoire of this phylum. enviromicro-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

First of December and my Research council of Finland funded project on N cycling in the Arctic started with full speed. Here some news in Finnish